Simulated plane crash aids training, response

The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station will
hold a mass accident response exercise with a simulated plane crash at the
Niagara Falls International Airport the morning of Saturday, June 8.

This exercise is designed to evaluate the
capability of the Niagara Falls ARS to respond to a hypothetical accident
involving mass casualties; evaluate the effectiveness of the emergency response
plan, and test and evaluate mutual aid agreements with first responders from
Niagara County.

Actors will be dressed as the wounded
victims of the simulated crash to give the first responders an accurate feel of
the event.

Members of the 914th and 107th Airlift
Wing of the New York Air National Guard will participate alongside state and
county emergency response agencies.